Living donor liver transplantation for children in highly urgent life-threatening situations

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-262

  Reding, Raymond ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EDITORIAL; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TUMOR; LIVING DONOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROBLASTOMA; WILSON DISEASE;

CHILD; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PARENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 42549155582     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00898.x     Document Type: Editorial

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